Reflection Report: Skills Assessment, MBA Course, Leadership Qualities

This report is a reflection on an MBA course, assessing skills and overall knowledge gained. It includes an evaluation of knowledge and skills acquired before and after the MBA, as well as a discussion of the leadership qualities required in a placement organization. The report covers motivational theories such as Maslow's hierarchy of needs and their practical application, team development and management skills, and the importance of leadership in placement departments. The author also includes a performance development plan to address areas needing improvement, such as communication and presentation skills. Overall, the report emphasizes the importance of applying theoretical knowledge in practical business situations and highlights the key qualities necessary for effective leadership in a placement setting.

Reflection and skills
assessment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Assessment of knowledge and skills gained till date with respect to MBA course...............3
Assessment of knowledge and skills based on the wider experience.....................................4
Assessment of the leadership qualities required for a placement organisation......................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The present report is a reflection that is based on the assessment of skills and overall
knowledge with regards to the MBA course provide and various theoretical analysis, further
there has been a assessment of the knowledge and skills based on the experience pre and post the
MBA course further there us a discussion of the leadership qualities that are required by a
placement organisation (Moonen, 2019).
MAIN BODY
Assessment of knowledge and skills gained till date with respect to MBA course
MBA course is a management course that is helping in developing some of skills that has
actually helped me in shaping and enhancement of my professional and personal skills both
(Kibbe, ., 2019). The knowledge level has rise because of all the different subjects that have been
taught throughout this course and the practical application of that knowledge.
Such as understand and reading a theory is easy but application of that in the practical life
is a difficult task. There are many leadership and management theories that I have able to learn in
this course. Some of the examples of theories are discussed below:
Motivational theory for motivating employee’s so the Maslow’s need hierarchy theory:
It is one of the very popular theories that have been developed by Maslow in which there
are five basic needs of a individual that has been identified:
Physiological needs are those that are related with the survival needs of a human being such as
food, shelter and water without which a human being cannot survive, safety needs consist of the
job security, financial security and emotional security, belongingness needs are those that are
related with the feeling of belongingness and interpersonal relationships of a individual, esteem
needs consist of the desire of independence, desire for reputation and last is the self actualisation
needs in which a person realises theory own potential and then are willing to see their personal
growth and self fulfilment (Lavergne, . and Pelletier, 2016). So, these are some of the needs that
are part of the motivational theory that have been taught in the MBA lectures.
Now while applying this theory there is a requirement to consider the changing
requirement and the dynamic nature of organisation. So, post MBA when I will be working in a
organisation then I have to someday motivate my subordinates then there is requirement to use
this theory as it applies on every individual in a complete different manner as the conditions are

not same and this is the major technique of how to practically apply a particular theory in
practise.
Apart from the above discussed motivational theory there arte some other skills that are
required for the purpose of leading a team in every organisational and for this there is a need of
some team development and management skills that have also been taught to me while in this
MBA course.
Such as setting of a vision: In this a particular vision and mission is set and is
communicated to the whole team members this is the actual objective around which each and
every step of the team member is depended on (Rudolph, 2016).
Then in next step there has to be use of a particular leadership style there are several types
of leadership styles such as democratic in which all members are allowed to present their
opinion, autocratic in which only the leader is allowed to speak or participative in which it is on
the discretion of team members whether they want to participate or not. So, a particular
leadership style will be choosing by the leader according to the nature of their team members.
After this there has to be defining of all the roles and responsibilities that have to be
completed by each team member and there is need of strong management skills in this function
(Van Damme,. and Crombez, 2018).
The last step is to solve any issues arising in course of dealings and then deal with and
take regular feedbacks from all the team members about the difficulty they faced and what has
been t he major contribution of me as a leader was that helpful or not.
While such feedbacks are very important as it will help in understand about some of the
areas where i need to work on and improve my present level of skills.
Assessment of knowledge and skills based on the wider experience
While working and understand my all the skill and present level of knowledge I felt that
there are some areas where I am still lacking behind and those need to be developed. So, for this
there is requirement of a performance development plan as discussed below-
Performance development plan
Present level Time period Post completion
Communication skills I feel that presently I
do not posses much
effective
There is a time period
set that is two weeks
In this time period I
am going to notice on
my overall way of

communication skill
that is very important
from career
perspective.
communication that I
will be making with
others and try to learn
techniques by reading
books and watching
some influential
videos. Post
completion will lead
to improvement in the
overall way of
communication
Presentation skills I do not posses
enough self
confidence that is
required to make
effective presentations
A time period of three
weeks has been set.
There will be need to
address large unbar of
audience together and
work on my
presentation skills by
taking help from my
tutors and lecturers.
Assessment of the leadership qualities required for a placement organisation
According to the understanding level and the knowledge that i have gained through my two
year MBA course I realised that after a rime period of two years when a student is finally looking
for placements (Hoon, Nasaruddin, and Singh, 2017). The placement department of every
university and college must posses’ some of the leadership qualities in order to het succeed in
their overall mission of providing right placement to the right candidate.
Leadership qualities that I feel are very necessary is to have a get amount of theoretical
knowledge and a practical experience so that they are able to lead their teams in the best possible
manner. There are several different tasks that have to be performed while organising placement
for students. So, it becomes important to line up all the activities that have to be completed and

then make different teams in the whole department for performing each different function so that
there is no overlapping of work and there is division of task (O'Hare, 2016). At same time in
context of leadership skills there has to be effective communication skills, leading heir team, be a
good listener, identification of anticipated losses.
Apart from this all the leaders should be capable enough to identify their weaknesses and
strengths so that a particular culture can be build up that consist of various skill building
activities for all the individuals who are part of this department.teh placement department
actually sets the career of every student after they have complete their degree. Therefore it is
very important that there are required amount of leadership qualities that have to be posses by
such placement department.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be said that there are several skills and knowledge that are
taught during MBA course but the practical application is very different and it depends on a
individual how are they able to practically apply it in a practical situation. So, it is very important
to have the ability and creativity to apply such knowledge into practical business situations.

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Kibbe, M. R., 2019. Leadership theories and styles. In Leadership in Surgery (pp. 27-36).
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Moonen, P.J., 2019. Cultural values and leadership styles as determinants of innovative strengths
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Hoon, T. S., Nasaruddin, N.F.B.M. and Singh, P., 2017. Communication Skills among Different
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